09-20-2017, 08:33 AM
Something that perhaps should be added to the list of priorities P2.
Given the severe decline in general aviation activity and the massive drop in pilot and engineering numbers, should the review also include an audit of CAsA personnel with the view of culling unnecessary staff?
Reduce the cost burden of overstaffing and consideration could then be given to rescinding the temporary fuel excise which has been "temporary" for along time and cost the industry tens of millions.
Perhaps also streamlining the processes and costs of gaining an AOC, two years and hundreds of thousands of dollars for a certificate, which is essentially worthless as an asset given CAsA's ghost management of GA companies which requires their approval of management processes and staffing, would encourage more people to join the commercial side of GA.
In New Zealand an AOC can be gained in a couple of months costing tens of thousands not hundreds of thousands.
Given the severe decline in general aviation activity and the massive drop in pilot and engineering numbers, should the review also include an audit of CAsA personnel with the view of culling unnecessary staff?
Reduce the cost burden of overstaffing and consideration could then be given to rescinding the temporary fuel excise which has been "temporary" for along time and cost the industry tens of millions.
Perhaps also streamlining the processes and costs of gaining an AOC, two years and hundreds of thousands of dollars for a certificate, which is essentially worthless as an asset given CAsA's ghost management of GA companies which requires their approval of management processes and staffing, would encourage more people to join the commercial side of GA.
In New Zealand an AOC can be gained in a couple of months costing tens of thousands not hundreds of thousands.